A total of 68 movies were initially considered for the award, out of which 15 are reportedly short-listed by the jury in various categories after watching the movies at the Kinfra Film and Video Park at Kazhakkoottam.

Mohanlal, (Pulimurugan, Oppam) Vinayagan and Manikantan (Kammatipaadam) Sreenivasan ( Ayal Sasi) Fahad Fazil (Maheshinte Prathikaram) Salim Kumar (Karutha Joothan) are in the race for the best actor award while Rima Kallingal and Kavya Madhavan are the front runners for the best actor (female).

Pulimurugan (Vysakh)Oppam(Priyadarshan), Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (Jibu Jacob) Jomonte Suvisheshangal (Sathyan Anthikakd) are in consideration of the popular film along with Maheshinte Prathikaram.

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